Snake FREE vs Snake II
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Snake FREE
Experience the classic Snake game with a modern twist, featuring HD graphics and a new winter theme. Enjoy multiple difficulty levels, a quick play mode, and intuitive controls across all your devices.
- HD graphics
- Winter theme
- 3 difficulty settings
- 24 levels
- Quick Play mode
- Simple controls
- Universal app
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Play the classic Snake game with HD graphics. Features: • NEW! Winter theme! • Retina display HD graphics. • 3 difficulty settings. • 24 different levels. • Quick Play mode. • Simple and easy to use controls. • Universal app - download to all your devices! • Retina graphics for iPad.
Snake II
Relive the nostalgia of classic mobile gaming with this retro snake game. Experience simple yet addictive gameplay reminiscent of 90s phones, featuring pixel graphics and authentic sound effects.
- Pixel graphics
- 8-bit sound effects
- Addictive gameplay
- Virtual key controls
- Leaderboard
- Score recording
- Speed levels
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Remember your childhood and youth, play the classic 1997 retro snake game. This fun game will take you back to the 90s, when cool games on retro mobile phones were simple and addictive. FEATURES: - Beautiful pixel graphics - Nice 8bit sound effects - Nice gameplay - Excellent virtual key control - Leaderboard - Record score - Speed levels
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Snake II at 4.7 against Snake FREE's 3.9. Snake II also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). Snake FREE's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 13.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Snake FREE sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Snake II asks for nothing beyond the download.
Snake II holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Snake II has 41 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Snake FREE's written reviews are positive against 75% of Snake II's.
Snake FREE ships an update every 7 months, Snake II every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Snake FREE | Snake II |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (7 ratings) | 4.7 (41 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.2% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 41 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Buckingham | Sergei Shendrikov |
Customer experience
Snake FREE
Snake II
In-app purchases
Snake FREE
- "UPGRADE: 24 extra levels and remove ads"$0.99
Snake II
No in-app purchases
